Step 1: Fill your kettle and bring a pan of water up to a boil.

Step 2: Add your noodles to the pan and boil until cooked, drain and rinse in cold water to wash off any extra starch which will just cause them to clump together. You can dress the noodles with a tiny splash of a light vinegar such as rice wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar.

Although this recipe includes very little actual cooking it is a labour of love when it comes to chopping, to a save a little time you can use a mandolin or a food processor with a shredding attachment.

Step 3: Julienne the carrots, cucumber and mooli

Step 4: Shred the lettuce and spring onions

Step 5: Roughly chop the herbs and slice the avocado into strips

Step 6: Arrange all the ingredients separately on a large plate (or plates)

Step 7: To cook the salmon, heat a non stick frying pan to a medium heat. Make sure the skin of the salmon is dry, you can use a kitchen towel for this.

Step 8: Once the pan has come up to temperature add a drizzle of cooking oil wait a couple of seconds, season the salmon with fine salt place the fillets skin side down in the pan. The majority of the cooking will be done skin side down, if the pan looks like it getting a bit smokey turn it down a little.

Step 9: Give the fillets 3 minutes or so until the bottom edges of the fillets have cooked and the skin comes away from the pan easily, give each side a minute, take out of the pan and rest.

Step 10: The rest of the meal preparation is all about laying a beautiful table. Place all the elements on the table; the noodles, vegetables, salmon, raw rice papers, dipping bowls with your preferred sauces, any extra you have gone for and finally a pan large enough to fit your rice papers in with the boiling water from the kettle.

Step 11: To assemble, dip the rice papers one at a time into the pan of hot water for a couple of seconds and lay on a plate, fill with your chosen fillings and roll up folding both the ends in. Remember, if you want your summer roll to be the most eye catching at the table, spend a little extra time on the bottom layer as this will end up being your top.

I love having this meal with friends or family, it’s a great way of slowing down a supper time and just having a bit of fun. There are so many variations you can do, whether you want to swap in a different protein such as chicken or tofu, or have try out some different vegetables and herbs.